6. Theophratus (370 – 285 B.C.) * Greek student of Plato * established a first documentation local flora. * discussed more than 500 species and varieties of plants from lands bordering the Atlantic and Mediterranean Published works on systematics : 1. Inquiry into Plants – translated by Theodorus Gaza 2. The Causes of Plants
7. Some generic name made by Theophratus......... Daucus - carrots Asparagus Narcissus -
14. Rembert Dodoens (1517-1585) he include the medical importance of the plants and its localities. “ Aloe groweth very plenteously in India, and from thence commeth the best iuyce ... It is to be seene also in this Countrie in the gardens of some Herboristes. ... it is a soueraigne medicine for vlcers about the secrete partes, and fundement. The same boyled with wine and hony, healeth the outgrowinges & riftes of the fundament, & stoppeth the abounding fluxe of the Hemorrhoides.” Source: Dodoens / Lyte (1578)